gamme

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French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Medieval Latin gamma. Doublet of gamma.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ɡam/
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Noun

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gamme f (plural gammes)

  1. (music) musical scale
    Synonym: échelle
    faire ses gammesto play one's scales, to do one's scales
    En musique, une gamme est un ensemble de sons, appelés degrés, formant le cadre dans lequel se bâtit une œuvre musicale.
    In music, a scale is a set of sounds, called degrees, forming the framework in which a musical work is constructed.
  2. range, gamut, series
    gamme de produitsproduct base
    haut de gammeupscale, upmarket, high-end
    bas de gammelow-end
    entrée de gammelow-end

Descendants

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  • Persian: گام (gâm)

Further reading

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Italian

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Noun

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gamme f pl

  1. plural of gamma (range, gamut; gamma)

Anagrams

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Middle English

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Etymology 1

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From Old English gamen.

Noun

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gamme

  1. Alternative form of game

Etymology 2

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From Old English gamenian.

Verb

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gamme

  1. Alternative form of gamen

Norman

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from English game.

Noun

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gamme f (plural gammes)

  1. (Jersey) game
Derived terms
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Etymology 2

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Adjective

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gamme m or f

  1. (Jersey) plucky

Norwegian Nynorsk

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Alternative forms

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Noun

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gamme m (definite singular gammen, indefinite plural gammar, definite plural gammane)

  1. A kind of Sami hut

Poitevin-Saintongeais

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Noun

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gamme

  1. a loud anger

References

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  • Jônain, Pierre. Dictionnaire du patois Saintongeais. 1869. Page 201.

Swedish

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Norwegian Nynorsk gamme, from Old Norse gammi. Cognate to Elfdalian gamme (protruding part of a roof).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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gamme c

  1. a small hut with walls out of turf or earth, formerly used by Sami nomads in northern Norway

Declension

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